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[MintTrav]

I"m posting, which means I"m not busy playing poker.

Had one of the the most ridiculous days I"ve ever had playing poker. There were about 54 players back for Day 2 and I started as one of the leaders with 122k, thinking I had a great chance of going deep. I then proceeded to lose just about every hand I played. The first 30k went quickly due to calling a raise from the BB and catching a bit of the Flop, then opening a few times from the Button, being called and either folding by the end or losing at showdown. Then I called a 28k shove with AK against someone who had A7, so that was me down to 60k.

I still had a little more than average stack and could have shut down, and probably made the money, but I decided to carry on playing, raising from the Button or seeing Flops. I played quite a few hands, and lost all of them except two - I got one Flop c-bet through and I got a double-up when I shoved AT, called by 88. Apart from that, it was one-way, just continuously reducing my stack. Finally I shoved 20k with AK, hit a K, but he made a flush, and I finished 26th (17 paid) in only the fourth level of the day.

Crazee day.

[MintTrav]

My Grandad"s brother was on the radio on Saturday, sounding quite spritely for someone who"s been dead as long as he has. The Belfast accent might be difficult for some:

George Daniels

[MintTrav]

Playing WCOOP Stud, courtesy of satellite. I"ve got that there George Danzer on my right. Also sharing with Ana Marquez and Sunday Millions winner Gambler4444. Lost two substantial pots to Ana already, but just won a 3-way against her and George. Fun times.

[MintTrav]

MiniFTOPS #17. $10 entry, 5,261 runners.

So close, but screwed now.

Did the last Day 1 earlier tonight and straight into Day 2 twenty minutes later. I was 15/45 before this hand, with $10k up top - shudda had a million chips and gone at least into the top ten.............


Full Tilt Poker Game #34716842955: MiniFTOPS Event #17 (Day 2) (268096381), Table 44 - NL Hold'em - 10000/20000 Ante 2500 - 01:21:31 WET - 2014/09/22 [20:21:31 ET - 2014/09/21]
Seat 1: markoxo (745,007)
Seat 2: Reutlinger (266,680)
Seat 3: bendog40 (459,658)
Seat 4: _Maui_VII (996,423)
Seat 5: MintTrav (665,938)
Seat 6: DKarolis (553,178)
Seat 7: BIGBLUFFER3 (663,870)
Seat 9: MYspearGUN (298,928)
markoxo antes 2,500
Reutlinger antes 2,500
bendog40 antes 2,500
_Maui_VII antes 2,500
MintTrav antes 2,500
DKarolis antes 2,500
BIGBLUFFER3 antes 2,500
MYspearGUN antes 2,500
MintTrav posts the small blind of 10,000
DKarolis posts the big blind of 20,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MintTrav [ ]
BIGBLUFFER3 calls 20,000
MYspearGUN has 15 seconds left to act
MYspearGUN: sure again qq kk vs a as always
MYspearGUN has requested TIME
MYspearGUN: nice trap sir but the software trapme not you
MYspearGUN raises to 296,428, and is all in
markoxo folds
Reutlinger folds
bendog40 folds
_Maui_VII folds
MintTrav raises to 663,438, and is all in
DKarolis folds
BIGBLUFFER3 folds
MintTrav shows [ ]
MYspearGUN shows [ ]
Uncalled bet of 367,010 returned to MintTrav
*** FLOP *** [ ] (Total Pot: 652,856, 2 Players, 1 All-In)
*** TURN *** [ ] [] (Total Pot: 652,856, 2 Players, 1 All-In)
*** RIVER *** [ ] [] (Total Pot: 652,856, 2 Players, 1 All-In)
MintTrav shows a pair of Queens
MYspearGUN shows three of a kind, Tens
MYspearGUN wins the pot (652,856) with three of a kind, Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 652,856 | Rake 0
Board: [ Td ]
Seat 1: markoxo folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Reutlinger folded before the Flop
Seat 3: bendog40 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: _Maui_VII (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: MintTrav (small blind) showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: DKarolis (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: BIGBLUFFER3 folded before the Flop
Seat 9: MYspearGUN showed [ ] and won (652,856) with three of a kind, Tens




EDIT: Finished 36th, shoving A9 into 99, no help. I"d usually be pleased with $129 for a $10 game. Not so much this time.

[MintTrav]

The war is over. Wars, in fact. Ireland has been at war for the last 348 years, since declaring war on Denmark in 1666. It also declared war on France in 1744, so has been fighting on two fronts since then. Now, a ceasefire has been called and both wars are over. A good thing too - we should be trying to get along as well as we can with our European partners, notwithstanding them being foreign and all, and being at war with each other doesn"t foster a good working relationship. The governments of Ireland, Denmark and France have issued a joint statement - "The ending of hostilities will allow us to work together towards a better future for Europe and focus on our common enemy, the British".

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/our-long-war-with-france-is-now-over-30607217.html

[MintTrav]

[MintTrav]

[MintTrav]

Tonight"s England A v USA match should be a corker, mainly because of Strickland"s history against English players. Daryl Peach (England B) called him "the scum of the earth" after a nasty match and he had an infamous match against Steve Davis. A manager from The Mountbatten (regular LPPL player) told me that Strickland called someone in the crowd a f**king w**ker this week.

Here he is in action:


[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRN8MDhQIUM[/youtube][youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stJqzaHMNZs[/youtube]

[ian.ski309]

Strickland has a face that I"d never get tired of punching. Come on England !!!!!!!!!!

[MintTrav]

England A came through a strange match against USA, racing to a 7-2 lead, which disappeared when the Americans tied it at 7-7.
A dry break from current US Champion Shane Van Boening gave England a chance, and they ran out to get to the hill and then broke and ran the last for a memorable win. Earlier, the day started with an upset as Austria broke and ran four racks to see off China and then Finland emerged on top from a tough match between the last two winners.

Austria 9-3 China
Finland 9-7 Philippines
Holland 9-7 Germany
England A 9-7 USA

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hTrGm9V7qw[/youtube] [youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXZnqBg9IKQ[/youtube]

The numbers on the Americans" backs are the number of times they have won the US Championship.

The final is tonight. Semi-finals are at 1pm:
Holland v Austria  
England A v Finland

[MintTrav]

ENGLAND WINS THE WORLD CUP

In the semi-finals, England came through a tough match against Finland 9-6, while Holland ran away with their match against Austria, losing the first but then not dropping another rack, including running out four-in-a-row from 4-1 to 8-1.

England A 9-6 Finland
Holland     9-1 Austria

The final was a cliffhanger that came down to the last two balls. In a match full of errors from both teams, Holland reached the hill first at 9-7 and should have finished it, but allowed England back in and the match went hill-hill. England then squandered their opportunity by scratching the break in the final rack to give Holland ball-in-hand. That should have been the end of it and Holland ran the first seven balls of the final rack, but then made an error to let England in. England then should have won it, but missed and that should have been it in Holland"s favour, but they were very unlucky as the cueball and eightball went either side of the nine. They hit it but left an opportunity and this time England didn"t miss and finished off the nine.

England A 10-9 Holland

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd-71DVMcJU[/youtube]

Karl Boyes and Darren Appleton - World Champions

http://www.matchroompool.com/news/article/86gv3gpitt1417lollz5asb87/title/england-steals-it-in-final-rack

[MintTrav]

I don"t often go on 2+2, but I was there last night and came across this, posted yesterday:

"Built a 140,000 stack on Day One through some steady Negreanu play and threw it all away on a Trickett.."

Amused me anyway.

[MintTrav]

Got to wondering whether it could apply to APAT. Turns out there are many possibilities:

"Built a 140,000 stack on Day One through some steady McBride play and threw it all away on a Ward".

"Built a 140,000 stack on Day One through some steady Roberts play and threw it all away on a Sharp".

"Built a 140,000 stack on Day One through some steady Williams play and threw it all away on a Tam".

"Built a 140,000 stack on Day One through some steady Rudling-Smith play and threw it all away on a Rudling-Smith".

etc

[Big Club]

"Built a 140,000 stack on Day One through some steady Rudling-Smith play and threw it all away on a Rudling-Smith".

Big Winz

[MintTrav]

A black swan event near my house yesterday: